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Workshops and Round Tables: The EFF-CoP Community Is Growing - and More Passionate Than Ever About Fighting Food Fraud

The EFF-CoP Consortium members are more active than ever, united by a single mission: to smash food fraud.

But how can we truly achieve this goal? Only if we communicate together, share our message, and act collectively - as a community of dedicated food fraud detectives.

And how do we do that? By joining the EFF-CoP Workshops and Round Tables - the spaces where collaboration, learning, and innovation come to life.

That’s why EFF-CoP is thrilled to announce an in-person Workshop during the Food Fraud Conference 2025 in Berlin, taking place on November 5th, from 9:00 to 12:00.CEST
👉 Register now - seats are limited! Don’t miss the chance to be part of this dynamic, hands-on session.

Earlier this month, from October 8–10, EFF-CoP also organized an exciting workshop during the Final Meeting of the sensAIfood Project. The session was designed to foster collaboration and spark out-of-the-box thinking among participants.

It began with a short introduction to EFF-CoP and an overview of early results, followed by an energizing activity to get everyone engaged. Then came the main challenge - a creative exercise inviting participants to imagine a food fraud case in the year 2050.

They explored three key questions:

1. What type of fraud could occur, and who might be involved?
2. How could it be detected?
3. What measures can we take today to prevent it?

Around 50 participants joined, producing creative, insightful, and often humorous ideas - turning the workshop into a lively and inspiring conclusion to the conference. We truly hope everyone enjoyed the session as much as we did! The feedback from stakeholders in these workshops will be considered in the ultimate output of EFF-CoP work package 2, a White paper on the future research agenda given the current needs of the community.

This update has also been added to the FAN EFF-CoP page.